#DE9E4D#DE9E4D

#DE9E4D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.123 H 70.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE9E4D
RGB	rgb(222, 158, 77)
HSL	hsl(34, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(34, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.8%, 65.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.84, 15.89, 50.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.84, 53.12, 72.60°)
OKLab	oklab(74.59% 0.0417 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(74.59% 0.123 70.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.6935, 40.5226, 12.5402)
Luminance	0.4052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE9E4D #4D8DDE

analogous

#DE554D #DE9E4D #D5DE4D

triadic

#DE9E4D #4DDE9E #9E4DDE

tetradic

#DE9E4D #4DDE55 #4D8DDE #DE4DD5

square

#DE9E4D #4DDE55 #4D8DDE #DE4DD5

split-complementary

#DE9E4D #4DD5DE #554DDE

monochromatic

#955F1C #C98025 #DE9E4D #E8BA81 #F1D6B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#DE9E4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#DE9E4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE9E4D

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE9E4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE9E4D	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A245

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B14F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F18E8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de9e4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 158, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.123 70.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edba82',
    500: '#de9e4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de9e4d;
$custom-light: #edba82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de9e4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.517,
    "s": 68.72,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74586,
    "c": 0.12343,
    "h": 70.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE9E4D

secondary

#A7C0E0

accent

#8AEC3C

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FEF6EF

border

#D6D0CA

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE9E4D

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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